The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-11-16


Such q Supposi,ic3-She voyage OF Noai;
in the Ark.
The Rev. j. c. Heener ID, in re-
viewing an article in the Review, writes
to the Southern Christian Advocate rs
follows:
I am, however, little surprised at
tie quiet way in which you, Ar. Editor,
Ike the specu:ationS OF Dr. Warren, OF
the Boston University, wiich DR.. Eiar-
rison has noticed somewhat approvlD9y
in his s:Book Reviews; shoold Ger
tainly not allow this Industrious and
scholarly Bostoniau to take the very
ground from unde: no without pro-
test. II s'thc Cradle OF tie Human
Race" is to be found at the North Pole,
of course 10 one can think or look to-
ward it without seeing Boston and Its
University.
Whatever may be the merits of the
Doctors theory, he has at least lcosenaG
I'D Eden. It is row fal1ly at sea: l
have been content al my life TO consider
the question as secll, 4, and have been
content to think OF '.MesopoSamia" as
the acknowledged home OF our first
parents. But the Doctor says that the
Arctic circle furnishes the trae solution
of this fascinating ;.tob.em. "Ihls
perennial interest in the search tcr tie
garden of Eden" was, sa; the Review,
the inspiration of Columbus; that che
cherished tie conviction almost, perhaps
actually, to his dying day that he had
discovered Paradise. ''Oae of the
most pathetic passages to be found n al
literature, says DR.. Warren, 'tis that IN
which announces to his royal patrons N
his discovery O: the ascent to the gate ct
the long lost garden Of Eden. o. course
Columbus was mistaken. 1t may be,
however, that he was not so far oua OF
the way SIS Dr.. Warren supposes. At
least there remains something to be sald
IN favor of Southern latitudes in connec-
hon with Eden. Columbus landed too
low. The next point attracted attention
of those in search OF tue site Of Paradise
was the Florida coast. That vision, too,
at last went out like diSSolvl-g camera.
81 take it for granted that the theory
which places Eden at the North Poie
makes it straGdie both hemispheres, ana
and that brings it into America. l sup
pose, too, the suggestion sprang from
the discovery OF mammoth ID i1!I IN
tributary of the Lena, in Siberia, lett
tuoe IS degrees North; and also IN lSOA
one was found in Siberia. Both, how
ever, had very close set red wool an inch
and half long over the skin-an Arctic
covering in fact. Then I suppose the
dsy OF SIX months would be quite q
windfall to those who want s'naore room"
in the Mosaic account of 'sthe evening
and the morning Of the first day.
Now, suppose We bring Eden down
South, say as far as Charleston, en-
bracing the coast between the Santee
and the Savannah, with its several rivers
and inlets, between the 30th and 40th
parallels Of latitude. We have for it
this muoh to say:
1. In and near tAe Cooper and the
Ashley rivers there IS {. vast collection
of the remains of the largest mammals,
specially of their molsrs and vete5re.
These are remarkable for their variety:
very hugs. very many, and evidently OF
many distinct species. We put this
against all solitary individuals as yet
discovered in or near the Artic regions.
2. Resides those Eem4ins, which, from
the amount OF silica IL tneno, have re-
sisted the action Of time and acids, there
are phosphate masses IN which these
molars are imbe6ded. Probably the
large bones returned to their ori2iaa!
source. Then there are scattered &5out
small and large boolders Of the phos-
phate OF lime, indicating at a greater
depth mine Of this mineral.
8. Tlis shows that these animals were
not hosted into this place bJ the action
of sea currents, but were here from the
first and found in the alluvial plains
around, and meadows filed with bulb
Gus plants, and an exhuberant flora,
their original habitat. Only region
supplying plants fed by heavy phos-
phate pa6ulum could support creatures
Of such enormous Zone.
q. As these several species multiplied
from e single pair, masses OF their re-
mains would most probably indicate the
plaee OF their origin. Whether behoneth
was made In Eden, we know that he was
reviewed there, and there named by
Adam. And the Almighty says, speak
ing of Job: tBehoid Low benometh,
which made with thee; ne eateth grass
Like an OK;
These views, if correct, are still fur
ther strengthened by the building of the
ark. As the race had not been separated
by dispersion or language, it is 10 be
supposed tkat Noah hved not very far
from the original home OF man.
The construction of 8 vessel at that
time required the same conditions Of
material and shape now essential in
naval architecture. indeed, the 6imen-
sions OF the ark are now those Of a first
class sea steamer for freight, and are the
standard proportions In the English Ad-
nniralty Office. It was long, morrow
vessel, evidently designed for speed and
long voyage. Had it been made only
to start from given point and float
about for $50 days and then ground at
no great distance from the point OF de-
parture, it would have been shaped
heavy and square.
The timbers for such vessel Of
length, over 500 feet, required timber of
continuous length and great strength.
The cypress wss entirely 100 brittle for
the purpose. Its knees and ribs would
require such wood as the i've OAK, grown
near the sea, used TO storms, and Of
grain running every way, bearing equal
II well strain from every direction.
Large quantities of pitch and tGr would
y L.